By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-18 22:11:57 | Updated at 2024-11-19 00:44:20
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A six-year-old who had been locked in a laundromat dryer was found crying and shaking by Texas cops after he was placed there by three adults as punishment.
Horrified by-standers called police after they watched the boy be locked in the dryer for more than five minutes at Hi Tek Washateria in Houston.
It's unclear how everyone involved is related, but three adults and one child had been at the laundromat on Nov. 11 when the boy became upset after losing a bag of potato chips, according to the local constable.
To punish him, Haven Duncan, 18, placed the boy in a dryer and locked the door so he couldn't leave.
Life Ford, 19, and Jaqory Gill, 20, refused to let the child out of the drier until he found his snacks-- a cruelty that went on for at least five minutes until people watching started to call 911.
The boy was 'visibly shaking and crying' when police arrived and rescued him.
He was checked out by a medical team and later released to a guardian.
However, when the cops tried to arrest the adults, Gill ran away.
Jagory Gill, Haven Duncan and Life Ford were arrested for the horrifying cruelty. They were charged with child endangerment
As the cops tried to stop him, Ford stepped in front of a deputy and pushed him to give Gill time to get away.
Gill was eventually caught anyway.
Duncan was handcuffed when authorities found he had a loaded gun on him.
All three suspects were arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail.
Haven was charged with Child Endangerment and remains in jail with a $10,000.00 bond.
Gill was charged with Evading on Foot while Ford was charged with Interfering with the Duties of a Public Servant.
Both Gill and Ford had since bonded out, according to a local outlet.
The three adults and 6-year-old victim were at Hi-Tek Washateria in Houston on Nov. 11
By-standers watched in horror as the child was placed in a dryer for at least five minutes
